Archive for November 3, 2007
What is wrong with that? “An American official here said the hope was that Mr. Mubarak’s ultimate replacement would be someone who maintains the same historical appreciation for peace…”
Posted on November 3, 2007 by As'ad
“Saudi Arabia executed an Egyptian man convicted of “sorcery”, desecrating the Muslim holy book and adultery, the country’s official news agency said.” (thanks Amina)
Posted on November 3, 2007 by As'ad
I could not sleep last night. I was very anxious. I wanted to watch the news all night long. You see, the ruling party in Egypt was elected a leader. And I did not know who was going to win. Today, I woke up to the news that Husni Mubarak so modestly accepted the choice [...]
Posted on November 3, 2007 by As'ad
“The Palestinian Fatah-led government has mounted a crackdown on preachers from the rival Hamas movement, arresting or sacking clerics accused of spreading political dissent.”
Posted on November 3, 2007 by As'ad
“The ruling noted that the former lobbyists had asserted that “Aipac played an important role in U.S. foreign policy†and that “U.S. government officials routinely conveyed sensitive, nonpublic information to them and others within Aipac with the expectation that Aipac employees would further disclose the information to their co-workers, foreign government officials, members of the [...]
Posted on November 3, 2007 by As'ad
Balfour Declaration. A lot of references to the 90th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration in the Arabic press. None mention what we now know: that Lord Balfour is an anti-Semite, and as is typical in such cases, his anti-Semitism is forgiven by Zionist groups because of his support for Zionism. See the reference to his [...]
Posted on November 3, 2007 by As'ad
Every week, the newspapers of Lebanon, especially the racist and classist Hariri rag, Al-Mustaqbal, carries a small news item about a dead body of a young Syrian found in a lake or in a tub, and Lebanese police always rules it as “accidental drowning.”
Posted on November 3, 2007 by As'ad